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Welcome to Sand Lake ...

Sand Lake is located in Rensselaer County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Sand Lake, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1815.

A typical abbreviation for Sand Lake: Sand Lk.

Sand Lake is 780 feet [238 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Sand Lake lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Sand Lake: 518 & 838<3>

Communities Also Named Sand Lake ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 11 communities that are also named Sand Lake - they are located in Alaska, Florida, Michigan (4), Nova Scotia, Ontario (2), Texas and Wisconsin.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Sand Lake.

Websites for Sand Lake ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.renscochamber.com/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Sand Lake, the following might be of interest:

Communities near Sand Lake ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Sand Lake.

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Sand Lake. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Sand Lake.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Sand Lake. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Sand Lake.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Sand Lake. See our Newspapers Page for Sand Lake.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Sand Lake ...

Looking for more information about Sand Lake? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

In addition to the Tourism page for Sand Lake, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Sand Lake.

Adding Sand Lake to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Sand Lake in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Sand Lake was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Sand Lake post office opened in 1815.

We also found Sand Lake in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Sand Lake.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of New York's counties, including Rensselaer, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Sand Lake - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 518 code has been Overlayed with the 838 area code. New phone numbers in the Sand Lake area will be assigned with one of these codes: 518 or 838. As a result, placing a call in the Sand Lake area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/